Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born in the west to a Body Guard, Tiaathque learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Engraver, but she got bored and became a Body Guard. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Expand her business; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 800 gp. White opal (1300 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'0". She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Bilga was born with her father's beautiful face. Bilga was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Bilga decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a black collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1400 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears skinny pants and wears a tan and white robe with the hood down. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Detective but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born into a rich family. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Detective.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Small steel mirror. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His black hair is long and unkept. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born in the west. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She stands about 2'10" and wears a white costume with the symbols of death on her torso. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Sarai wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Expert, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the north to a Blacksmith, Sarai learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and expand her business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 7000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp).

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. She has wavy golden hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.